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List of lighthouses in the United States

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File:Boston Light.jpg

File:Charleston Light 1962.jpg

This is a list of lighthouses in the United States. The United States has had approximately a thousand lights as well as light towers, range lights, and pier head lights. Michigan has the most lights of any state with over 150 past and present lights. Lighthouses that are in former U.S. territories are not listed here.

Most of the lights in the United States have been built and maintained by the Coast Guard (since 1939) and its predecessors, the United States Lighthouse Service (1910–1939) and the United States Lighthouse Board (1852–1910). Before the Lighthouse Board was established, local collectors of customs were responsible for lighthouses under Stephen Pleasonton. As their importance to navigation has declined and as public interest in them has increased, the Coast Guard has been handing over ownership and in some cases responsibility for running them to other parties, the chief of them being the National Park Service under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000.

  • Note: Click on the state of your choice in the tables below to link you to lighthouses in that state.

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New England

File:Boon Island Lighthouse.jpg.]]

class="wikitable sortable"
State

!Tallest{{cite web|url=https://www.us-lighthouses.com/towerheight.php|title=Lighthouse Listing By Tower height|work=www.us-lighthouses.com|access-date=September 14, 2017}} (H)

!Shortest (H)

!Oldest{{cite web|url=http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/oldest-lighthouse-new-england-state/|title=The Oldest Lighthouse in Each New England State|work=New England Historical Society|date=20 January 2018|access-date=August 27, 2018}}
(currently standing)

Maine

| style="text-align: center;"| 133Boon Island Light
{{convert|133|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 020Pond Island Light
{{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1791Portland Head Light
(1791){{cite web|url=http://rheller.bangordailynews.com/2018/05/08/life-downest/fog-and-lighthouse-as-mother-and-father/|title=Fog and lighthouse as mother and father|work=Bangor Daily News|author=RJ Heller|date=May 8, 2018|access-date=August 27, 2018}}

Massachusetts

| style="text-align: center;"| 124Cape Ann Light
{{convert|124|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| Disputed{{Ref|NoteA|A}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1783Boston Light
(1783){{cite web|url=https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2016/09/14/oldest-u-s-lighthouse-the-boston-light-celebrates-300-years/|title=Oldest U.S. lighthouse, the Boston Light, celebrates 300 years|work=Accociated Press via Navy Times|date=September 14, 2016|access-date=August 27, 2018}}

New Hampshire

| style="text-align: center;"| 058Isles of Shoals Light
{{convert|58|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 048Portsmouth Harbor Light
{{convert|48|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1865Isles of Shoals Light
(1859){{cite web|url=http://lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=664|title=Isles of Shoals (White Island) Lighthouse|work=Lighthouse Friends|access-date=August 27, 2018}}

Rhode Island

| style="text-align: center;"| 066Sakonnet Light
{{convert|66|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 013Ida Lewis Rock Light
{{convert|13|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1831Poplar Point Light
(1831){{cite web|url=http://www.preservation.ri.gov/pdfs_zips_downloads/national_pdfs/statewide/lighthouses-of-ri_mps.pdf|title=Lighthouses of Rhode Island MPS (PDF pp. 46–50)|publisher=Rhode Island Preservation|access-date=November 10, 2014}}

Connecticut

| style="text-align: center;"| 089New London Harbor Light
{{convert|89|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{cite web |author=Susan Hodara |title=Taking In the History of New London, a City Shaped by the Sea |newspaper=The New York Times |date=15 August 2014 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/nyregion/taking-in-the-history-of-new-london-a-city-shaped-by-the-sea.html}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 025Mystic Seaport Light
{{convert|25|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1801New London Harbor Light
(1801)

Vermont

| style="text-align: center;"| 040Windmill Point Light
{{convert|40|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 013Whipple Point Light
{{convert|13|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1846Juniper Island Light
(1846)

=New Hampshire=

The state of New Hampshire only has two lighthouses, both of which are located along the Atlantic coastline.{{cite uscghist|NH}}

class="wikitable sortable"
Name

! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Image

! Location

! width="100"| Coordinates

! Year first lit

! Automated

! Year deactivated

! Current lens

! Focal height

Isles of Shoals Light

| 100px

| Isles of Shoals

| {{coord|42|58|02|N|70|37|23|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Isles of Shoals Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1859

| style="text-align: center;"| 1987

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| VLB-44 LED unit

| style="text-align: center;"| {{convert|82|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Portsmouth Harbor Light

| 100px

| New Castle

| {{coord|43|04|15|N|70|42|30|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Portsmouth Harbor Light}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1878

| style="text-align: center;"| 1960

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| Fourth order Fresnel

| style="text-align: center;"| {{convert|48|ft|m|abbr=on}}

=Vermont=

{{cite uscghist|VT}}

  • Note: All entries here show the current tower's status; more details can be found in the lighthouse articles.

class="wikitable sortable"
Name

! scope="col" class="unsortable"|Image

! Location

! width="100"| Coordinates

! Year first lit

! Automated

! Year deactivated

! Current lens

! Focal height

Burlington Breakwater North Light

| 100px

| Burlington

| {{coord|44|28|50|N|73|13|47.2|W|display=inline,title}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1857
(Original)
2003
(current)

| style="text-align: center;"| 2003
(Replica)

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| {{unknown}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 035 {{convert|35|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Burlington Breakwater South Light

| 100px

| Burlington

| {{coord|44|28|12.1|N|73|13|32.4|W|display=inline}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1857
(Original)
2003
(current)

| style="text-align: center;"| 2003
(Replica)

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| {{unknown}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 012 {{convert|12|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Colchester Reef Light

| 100px

| Shelburne

| {{coord|44.3753|N|73.2314|W|type:landmark|display=inline}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1871

| style="text-align: center;"| Never

| style="text-align: center;"| 1933

| style="text-align: center;"| None

| style="text-align: center;"| 035 {{convert|35|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Isle La Motte Light

| 100px

| Isle La Motte

| {{coord|44.9065|N|73.3435|W|type:landmark|display=inline}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1856
(Original)
1881
(current)

| {{unknown}}

| {{unknown}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 300mm

| style="text-align: center;"| 025 {{convert|25|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Juniper Island Light

| 100px

| South Burlington

| {{coord|44.4500|N|73.2763|W|type:landmark|display=inline}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1826
(Original)
1846
(current)

| style="text-align: center;"| Never

| style="text-align: center;"| 1954

| style="text-align: center;"| None

| style="text-align: center;"| 025 {{convert|25|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Maxfield Point Light

| {{n/a}}

| Orleans

| {{unknown}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1879

| {{unknown}}

| {{unknown}}

| style="text-align: center;"| None

| style="text-align: center;"| 025 {{convert|40|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Newport Wharf Light

| {{n/a}}

| Orleans

| {{unknown}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1879

| {{unknown}}

| {{unknown}}

| style="text-align: center;"| None

| style="text-align: center;"| 025 {{convert|37|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Windmill Point Light

| 100px

| Isle La Motte

| {{coord|44.9818|N|73.3418|W|type:landmark|display=inline}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1830
(Original)
1858
(current)

| {{unknown}}

| style="text-align: center;"| Active
(Inactive: 1931–2002)

| style="text-align: center;"| 300 mm

| style="text-align: center;"| 025 {{convert|40|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Whipple Point Light

| {{n/a}}

| Orleans

| {{unknown}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1879

| {{unknown}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1906

| style="text-align: center;"| None

| style="text-align: center;"| 025 {{convert|25|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Mid-Atlantic

File:SH Light crop.jpg

class="wikitable sortable"
State

!Tallest (H)

!Shortest (H)

!Oldest
(currently standing)

New York

| style="text-align: center;"| 168Fire Island Lighthouse
{{convert|168|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/towns/secrets-of-the-fire-island-lighthouse-1.9028473|title=Secrets of the Fire Island Lighthouse|author=Marlo Jappen|publisher=Newsday|date=July 22, 2015|access-date=August 27, 2018|archive-date=August 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827210003/https://www.newsday.com/long-island/towns/secrets-of-the-fire-island-lighthouse-1.9028473|url-status=dead}}{{Ref|NoteB|B}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 015Cape Vincent Light
{{convert|15|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1797Montauk Point Light
(1797){{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p_2IBZC4LMAC&q=Montauk+Point+Light+oldest&pg=PA145|title=Lighthouses of the Mid-Atlantic Coast|author=Unknown Author|publisher=Voyageur Press|page=145|date=March 11, 2011|isbn=9780760339510|access-date=August 27, 2018}}

New Jersey

| style="text-align: center;"| 171Absecon Light
{{convert|171|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PBJaDwAAQBAJ&q=Absecon+Light+tallest&pg=PA86|title=New Jersey Originals: Technological Marvels, Odd Inventions, Trailblazing Characters & More|author=Linda J. Barth|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|page=86|date=June 25, 2018|isbn=9781467139267|access-date=August 27, 2018}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 036Ludlam's Beach Light
{{convert|36|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1764Sandy Hook Light
(1764){{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f3Ej7zqQTM4C&q=Sandy+Hook+Light+oldest&pg=PA11|title=America's Lighthouses|author=Francis Ross Holland|publisher=Courier Corporation|page=11|date=January 1, 1988|isbn=9780486255767|access-date=August 27, 2018}}

Pennsylvania

| style="text-align: center;"| 068Presque Isle Light
{{convert|68|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 030Turtle Rock Light
{{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1857Erie Harbor Light
(1857)

Delaware

| style="text-align: center;"| 120Liston Range Rear Light
{{convert|120|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=463|title=Liston Range Rear Light, DE|publisher=Kraig Anderson|access-date=September 17, 2017}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 035Cherry Island Light
{{convert|35|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1858Fenwick Island Light
(1858){{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p_2IBZC4LMAC&q=Fenwick+Island+Light+oldest&pg=PA149|title=Lighthouses of the Mid-Atlantic Coast|author=Unknown Author|publisher=Voyageur Press|page=149|date=March 11, 2011|isbn=9780760339510|access-date=August 27, 2018}}

Maryland

| style="text-align: center;"| 105Craighill Channel L.R.R.
{{convert|105|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=415|title=Craighill Channel Lower Rear Lighthouse|work=Lighthouse Friends|access-date=September 20, 2017}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 015Craighill Channel U.R.F.
{{convert|15|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHMD.asp|title=Historic Light Station Information & Photography Maryland|publisher=United States Coast Guard|access-date=September 20, 2017}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1825Pooles Island Light
(1825){{Cite rowlett|md|access-date=September 17, 2017}}

{{clear}}

Midwest

File:Tawaspoint3.jpg shown here)]]

class="wikitable sortable"
State

!Tallest (H)

!Shortest (H)

!Oldest
(currently standing)

Colorado

| style="text-align: center;"| 055Dillon Reservoir Lighthouse
{{convert|26|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| {{n/a}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1873Dillon Reservoir Lighthouse
(circa 1963)

Illinois

| style="text-align: center;"| 113Grosse Point Light
{{convert|113|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 035Waukegan Harbor Light
{{convert|35|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1873Grosse Point Light
(1873)

Indiana

| style="text-align: center;"| 055Buffington Breakwater Light
{{convert|55|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 030Gary Breakwater Light
{{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1858Old Michigan City Light
(1858){{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsdispatch.com/columnists/article_70b635e8-23e3-11e4-b2c9-0019bb2963f4.html|title=Old Lighthouse Museum oldest in Indiana|work=The Michigan City News Dispatch|date=August 14, 2014|access-date=September 4, 2018}}

Michigan

| style="text-align: center;"| 124White Shoal Light
{{convert|121|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 025Cheboygan Crib Light
{{convert|25|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1825Fort Gratiot Light
(1825){{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319003811/http://www.phmuseum.org/drupal/about/fortgratiotlighthouse|archive-date=March 19, 2011|url=http://www.phmuseum.org/drupal/about/fortgratiotlighthouse|title=Fort Gratiot Lighthouse|work=PH Museum|access-date=September 4, 2018}}

Minnesota

| style="text-align: center;"| 070Duluth South Breakwater I.L.
{{convert|70|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 034Grand Marais Light
{{convert|34|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1892Two Harbors Light
(1892){{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3NAZS-HFm5EC&q=oldest+lighthouse+in+minnesota&pg=PA78|title=Minnesota Family Weekends|author=Martin Hintz|publisher=Big Earth Publishing|year=2003|page=78|isbn=9781931599221|access-date=September 4, 2018}}{{Ref|NoteC|C}}

Nebraska

| style="text-align: center;"| 100Linoma Lighthouse
{{convert|100|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 055Lake Minatare Light
{{convert|55|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| {{n/a}}

Ohio

| style="text-align: center;"| 161Northwood Light
{{convert|161|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=849|title=Northwood, OH|work=Lighthouse Friends|access-date=September 28, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331142132/http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=849|archive-date=March 31, 2014}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 020Port Clinton Light
{{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1821Marblehead Light
(1821){{cite web|url=http://lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=278|title=Marblehead Lighthouse|work=Lighthouse Friends|access-date=September 4, 2018}}

Wisconsin

| style="text-align: center;"| 111Rawley Point Light
{{convert|111|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 021Baileys Harbor Front RL
{{convert|21|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=USHI7GVREkkC&q=shortest+lighthouse&pg=PA72|title=Wisconsin Lighthouses: A Photographic & Historical Guide|author=Ken Wardius, and Barb Wardius|publisher=Big Earth Publishing|page=72|year=2000|isbn=9781879483606|access-date=August 27, 2018}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1853Baileys Harbor Light
(1853){{Ref|NoteD|D}}

=Colorado=

The state of Colorado has only one lighthouse, the Dillon Reservoir Lighthouse, also known as the Lake Dillon Lighthouse. It is located in the Dillon Reservoir (also referred to as Lake Dillon) in Summit County, Colorado. Although the exact completion date of the 26-foot tall tower is unknown, it was constructed along with the reservoir itself, which was completed in 1963. The lake is at an elevation of 9017 ft (2748 m), making this the highest elevation lighthouse in the U.S.[https://denvergazette.com/outtherecolorado/news/colorados-only-lighthouse-is-the-highest-in-the-united-states/article_5bfab7da-824a-11ee-9ee0-fbcbe8710208.html Colorado's only lighthouse is the highest in the United States][https://www.denverwater.org/recreation/dillon-resevoir Dillon Reservoir][https://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/co.htm Lighthouses of the United States: Colorado][https://k99.com/colorado-is-home-to-the-highest-lighthouse-in-the-country/ Colorado is Home to the Highest Lighthouse in the Country]

=Nebraska=

The state of Nebraska has at least two faux lighthouses which were first lit in 1939. There is no evidence that either were used for navigational purposes as the state has no large bodies of water that would require the need. Linoma Lighthouse is located on a privately owned recreation area which was developed around an artificial lake, while Lake Minatare Lighthouse was "built to simulate a lighthouse". Also of note is a faux lighthouse called Rock Garden Lighthouse (not listed below), located in Kearney.[http://www.kearneyhub.com/lighthouse-and-rock-garden-at-harmon-park/image_c19f2422-3e19-11e1-adad-001871e3ce6c.html Lighthouse and rock garden at Harmon Park][https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rock_Garden_Lighthouse,_Harmon_Park,_Kearney,_NE.JPG English: Harmon Park]

class="wikitable sortable"
Name

! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Image

! Location

! width="100"| Coordinates

! Year first lit

! Automated

! Year deactivated

! Current Lens

! Height

Linoma Lighthouse

| 100px

| Gretna

| {{coord|41|3|44|N|96|19|8|W|display=inline}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1939

| style="text-align: center;"| Always

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| Decorative

| style="text-align: center;"| 100 {{convert|100|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Lake Minatare Lighthouse

| 100px

| Scottsbluff

| {{Coord|41|55|50|N|103|30|05|W|format=dms}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1939

| style="text-align: center;"| Always

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| style="text-align: center;"| Decorative

| style="text-align: center;"| 055 {{convert|55|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Pacific (states)

File:Clover Island Lighthouse.jpghouse (built 2010), in Washington is the first to be built in the United States since 1962.[http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/jan/07/kennewicks-clover-island-lighthouse-gets-its-lid/ Kennewick's Clover Island Lighthouse gets its lid] Published 2010-01-07]]

class="wikitable sortable"
State

!Tallest (H)

!Shortest (H)

!Oldest
(currently standing)

Alaska

| style="text-align: center;"| 075Cape Decision Light
{{convert|75|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 020Point Sherman Light
{{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{Ref|NoteE|E}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1906Eldred Rock Light
(1906){{cite web|url=http://www.sheldonmuseum.org/vignettes/eldred-rock-lighthouse|title=Eldred Rock Lighthouse|work=Sheldon Museum|access-date=September 4, 2018}}

Washington

| style="text-align: center;"| 107Grays Harbor Light
{{convert|107|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 020Turn Point Light
{{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1856Cape Disappointment
(1856)

Oregon

| style="text-align: center;"| 093Yaquina Head Light
{{convert|93|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=http://www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/yaquina/lighthouse.php|title=Yaquina Head Lighthouse|publisher=Bureau of Land Management|access-date=November 11, 2014|archive-date=May 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522024847/https://www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/yaquina/lighthouse.php|url-status=dead}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 025Warrior Rock Light
{{convert|25|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1870Cape Blanco Light
(1870)

California

| style="text-align: center;"| 115Pigeon Point Light
Point Arena Light
{{convert|115|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{Ref|NoteF|F}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 020Lime Point Light
{{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1855Point Pinos Light
(1855)

Hawaii

| style="text-align: center;"| 138Moloka'i Light
{{convert|138|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 022Kuki'i Point Light
{{convert|22|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1909Moloka'i Light
(1909){{Ref|NoteG|G}}

South

File:Cape Hatteras Lighthouse 1.jpg, located on the Outer Banks of North Carolina{{Ref|NoteB|B}}]]

class="wikitable sortable"
State

!Tallest (H)

!Shortest (H)

!Oldest
(currently standing)

Alabama

| style="text-align: center;"| 131Sand Island Light
{{convert|131|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{cite web | url = http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/light/sandisl.htm | title = Inventory of Historic Lighthouses - Sand Island | access-date = February 18, 2008 | publisher = National Park Service }}

| style="text-align: center;"| 054Middle Bay Light
{{convert|54|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{cite web | url = http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/light/mobile.htm | title = Inventory of Historic Lighthouses - Mobile Middle Bay | access-date = February 18, 2008 | publisher = National Park Service }}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1873Sand Island Light
(1873)

Florida

| style="text-align: center;"| 175Ponce de Leon Light
{{convert|175|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 023Cedar Key Light
{{convert|23|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{cite web | url = http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/light/cedarkey.htm | title = Inventory of Historic Lighthouses - Cedar Keys | access-date = May 6, 2008 | publisher = National Park Service }}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1838Amelia Island Light
(1838)

Georgia

| style="text-align: center;"| 145Tybee Island Light
{{convert|145|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tybeelighthouse.org/|title=Home | Tybee Island Light Station And Museum|website=tybeelighthouse.org|access-date=January 12, 2021}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 046Cockspur Island Light
{{convert|46|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1820Sapelo Island Light
(1820)

Louisiana

| {{unknown}}

| {{unknown}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1852New Canal Light
(1839{{cite book |last1=Cipra |first1=David L. |title=Lighthouses, Lightships, and the Gulf of Mexico |date=1997 |publisher=Cypress Communications |isbn=0963641212 }})

Mississippi

| style="text-align: center;"| 061Biloxi Light
{{convert|61|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 030 Tie
{{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{Ref|NoteI|I}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1848Biloxi Light
(1848)

North Carolina

| style="text-align: center;"| 210Cape Hatteras Light
{{convert|210|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| {{n/a}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1817Bald Head Light
(1817)

South Carolina

| style="text-align: center;"| 161Morris Island Light
{{convert|161|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 018Haig Point F. R. Light
{{convert|18|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1827Cape Romain Light (Old)
(1827)

Texas

| style="text-align: center;"| 116Point Bolivar Light
{{convert|116|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| {{n/a}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1852Point Isabel Light
(1852)

Virginia

| style="text-align: center;"| 191Cape Charles Light
{{convert|191|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1855Deepwater Shoals Light
(1855)

| style="text-align: center;"| 1792Cape Henry Lighthouse
(1792)

United States territories

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United States Minor Outlying Islands

This table lists lighthouses that are in insular areas of the United States. All of the islands listed below are uninhabited, and have not been formerly incorporated into the country.{{Cite rowlett|umi|access-date=2016-11-06}}{{Cite rowlett|nvi|access-date=2016-11-06}}[http://msi.nga.mil/NGAPortal/MSI.portal?_nfpb=true&_st=&_pageLabel=msi_pub_detail&CCD_itemID=111&pubConstant=NGALOL NGA List of Lights – Pub.111] Retrieved November 6, 2016.

class="wikitable sortable"
Name

! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Image

! Location

! width="100"| Coordinates

! Year first lit

! Automated

! Year deactivated

! Current Lens

! Height

Baker Island Light

| 100px

| Baker Island

| {{coord|0|11|44.8|N|176|29|03.4|W}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1935

| style="text-align: center;"| Never

| style="text-align: center;"| 1942

| style="text-align: center;"| None

| style="text-align: center;"| 016 {{convert|16|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Howland Island Light
(aka: Earhart Light)

| 100px

| Howland Island

| {{coord|0|48|20.6|N|176|37|08.6|W}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1937

| style="text-align: center;"| Never

| style="text-align: center;"| 1942

| style="text-align: center;"| None

| style="text-align: center;"| 020 {{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Jarvis Island Light

| 100px

| Jarvis Island

| {{coord|0|22|13.6|S|160|00|24.1|W}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1935

| style="text-align: center;"| Never

| style="text-align: center;"| 1945

| style="text-align: center;"| None

| style="text-align: center;"| 016 {{convert|16|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Navassa Island Light

| 100px

| Navassa Island

| {{coord|18|23|50.7|N|75|00|46.2|W}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 1917

| style="text-align: center;"| 1929

| style="text-align: center;"| 1996

| style="text-align: center;"| None

| style="text-align: center;"| 161 {{convert|161|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Sand Island Aviation Light

| {{n/a}}

| Midway Atoll

| {{coord|28|12|42.7|N|177|22|36.4|W}}

| {{unknown}}

| {{unknown}}

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| {{unknown}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 046 {{convert|46|ft|m|abbr=on}}

Wake Island Aviation Light

| {{n/a}}

| Wake Island

| {{coord|19|17|02.0|N|166|39|05.2|E}}

| {{unknown}}

| {{unknown}}

| style="text-align: center;"| Active

| {{unknown}}

| style="text-align: center;"| 052 {{convert|52|ft|m|abbr=on}}

See also

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Further reading

  • Crompton, Samuel Willard & Michael J. Rhein, The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses (2002) {{ISBN|1-59223-102-0}}; {{ISBN|978-1-59223-102-7}}.
  • Hyde, Charles K., and Ann and John Mahan. The Northern Lights: Lighthouses of the Upper Great Lakes. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1995. {{ISBN|0-8143-2554-8}} {{ISBN|9780814325544}}.
  • Jones, Ray & Bruce Roberts, American Lighthouses (Globe Pequot, September 1, 1998, 1st Ed.) {{ISBN|0-7627-0324-5}}; {{ISBN|978-0-7627-0324-1}}.
  • Jones, Ray,The Lighthouse Encyclopedia, The Definitive Reference (Globe Pequot, January 1, 2004, 1st ed.) {{ISBN|0-7627-2735-7}}; {{ISBN|978-0-7627-2735-3}}.
  • Noble, Dennis, Lighthouses & Keepers: U. S. Lighthouse Service and Its Legacy Annapolis: U. S. Naval Institute Press, 1997. {{ISBN|1-55750-638-8}}; {{ISBN|978-1-55750-638-2}}.
  • Oleszewski, Wes, Great Lakes Lighthouses, American and Canadian: A Comprehensive Directory/Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 1998) {{ISBN|0-932212-98-0}}.
  • Penrod, John, Lighthouses of Michigan, (Berrien Center, Michigan: Penrod/Hiawatha, 1998) {{ISBN|978-0-942618-78-5}} {{ISBN|9781893624238}}.
  • Penrose, Laurie and Bill, A Traveler's Guide to 116 Michigan Lighthouses (Petoskey, Michigan: Friede Publications, 1999). {{ISBN|0-923756-03-5}} {{ISBN|9780923756031}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/index.htm |author=Pepper, Terry |title=Seeing the Light: Lighthouses on the western Great Lakes |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080130074143/http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/index.htm |archive-date=January 30, 2008 }}
  • Putnam, George R., Lighthouses and Lightships of the United States, (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1933).
  • Roach, Jerry, Ultimate Guide to Great Lakes Lighthouses, (2003).
  • Thurston, Harry,Against Darkness and Storm: Lighthouses of the Northeast (Halifax: Nimbus, 1993).
  • United States Coast Guard, Aids to Navigation, (Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1945).
  • {{cite uscgnavbib}}
  • U.S. Coast Guard, Historically Famous Lighthouses (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1957).
  • {{cite web|url=http://clarke.cmich.edu/lighthouses/index.htm |author= Wagner, John L. |title=Beacons Shining in the Night: The Lighthouses of Michigan | publisher=Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University}}
  • Wagner, John L., Michigan Lighthouses: An Aerial Photographic Perspective, (East Lansing, Michigan: John L. Wagner, 1998) {{ISBN|1-880311-01-1}} {{ISBN|9781880311011}}.
  • Weiss, George, The Lighthouse Service, Its History, Activities and Organization (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1926).
  • Wright, Larry and Wright, Patricia, Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia Hardback (Erin: Boston Mills Press, 2006) {{ISBN|1-55046-399-3}}.

Notes

:A.{{Note|NoteA}} The shortest lighthouse in Massachusetts is either Palmer Island Light at {{convert|24|ft|m|abbr=on}} or Brant Point Light at {{convert|26|ft|m|abbr=on}}. Sources remain split on this issue, with at least one claiming the latter as the shortest in New England.{{cite web|url=http://lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=618|title=Palmer Island, MA|work=Lighthouse Friends|access-date=August 28, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/maritime/pal.htm|title=Palmer Island Light Station|work=National Park Service|access-date=August 28, 2018}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ou0CwAAQBAJ&q=Brant+point+light+shortest&pg=PT356|title=Moon Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket|author=Ray Bartlett|publisher=Avalon Publishing|date=June 14, 2016|isbn=9781631212697|access-date=August 28, 2018}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Rd3CQAAQBAJ&q=Brant+point+light+shortest&pg=PP33|title=On This Day in Nantucket History|author=Amy Jenness|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|date=October 7, 2014|isbn=9781625851598|access-date=August 28, 2018}}

:B.{{Note|NoteB}} The Perry Monument in Ohio and the Statue of Liberty in New York City are not classified as lighthouses. They would come in as the two tallest lighthouses in the United States otherwise.{{cite web|url=http://lighthouse.boatnerd.com/gallery/erie/PerrysMonument.htm|title=Perry's Memorial Monument|work=lighthouse.boatnerd.com|author=Dave Wobser|access-date=August 27, 2018|archive-date=March 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313140053/http://lighthouse.boatnerd.com/gallery/Erie/PerrysMonument.htm|url-status=dead}}

:C.{{Note|NoteC}} Minnesota Point Light was built in 1858, but only half of the now ruined tower remains.{{cite web|url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=263|title=Minnesota Point, MN|publisher=LighthouseFriends|access-date=September 4, 2018}}

:D.{{Note|NoteD}} The oldest light station is Pottawatomie Light which was established in 1836; however, the current buildings date to 1858.{{cite web|url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=639|title=Pottawatomie (Rock Island) Lighthouse|work=Lighthouse Friends|access-date=October 16, 2017}}

:E.{{Note|NoteE}} The shortest height is for a skeletal tower which was placed in 1981. For "traditional" lighthouses, Point Retreat Light and Cape Spencer Light are tied at {{convert|25|ft|m|abbr=on}} each.

:F.{{Note|NoteF}} These two lighthouses are tied at {{convert|115|ft|m|abbr=on}} each.

:G.{{Note|NoteG}} The oldest lighthouse in Hawaii was called "Lahaina Lighthouse", which was built in 1905 before it was replaced.{{cite web|url=http://lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=143|title=Lahaina Lighthouse|work=Lighthouse Friends|access-date=August 27, 2018}} Moloka'i Light is the oldest currently standing lighthouse; it was first lit a month before the still standing Makapuu Point Light.{{cite web|url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=141|title=Makapu'u Lighthouse|work=Lighthouse Friends|access-date=October 16, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=137|title=Moloka'i (Kalaupapa) Lighthouse|work=Lighthouse Friends|access-date=October 16, 2017}}

:H.{{Note|NoteH}} Pass A L'Outre Light was originally constructed in 1852 elsewhere and moved to its present location.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-qURAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA367|page=367 |date=November 24, 1856 |author1=Lighthouse Board |author-link=United States Lighthouse Board |work=Hunt's Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review |volume=36 |first2=Isaac Smith|last2=Homans |title=Northeast Pass Lighthouse; Mouths of the Mississippi River |access-date=September 6, 2017}}{{Cite rowlett|la|access-date=September 5, 2017}}

:I.{{Note|NoteI}} Cat Island Light (first tower), Pass Christian Light, and Ship Island Light were all 30 feet tall.

References

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External links

=General=

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080518003615/http://usparks.about.com/library/weekly/aa033099.htm Lighthouses in the National Park System]
  • {{cite uscgll|0||}}
  • [http://www.lighthousefriends.com/index.html Lighthouse Friends]
  • {{cite rowlett|index}} a comprehensive international listing maintained by Russ Rowlett
  • [http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/ltsum.htm Inventory of Historic Light Stations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041105051900/http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/ltsum.htm |date=2004-11-05 }} from the National Park Service
  • [http://www.lighthousesrus.org/index.htm Interactive map of lighthouses all over the country]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080518003615/http://usparks.about.com/library/weekly/aa033099.htm Lighthouses in the National Park System]
  • [http://wlol.arlhs.com/index.php?mode=na Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (ARLHS) U.S. LIGHTHOUSES BY STATE]
  • [http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/admin.htm Lighthouses: An Administrative History]
  • [http://www.unitedstateslighthouses.com/ Historical Landmarks - United States Lighthouses]

=Great Lakes=

  • [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/results.asp?subject_narrow=Lighthouses Wisconsin Historical Society, antique photographs of Wisconsin lighthouses]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080130074143/http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/index.htm Terry Pepper on lighthouses of the Western Great Lakes]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080531005328/http://www.michiganlighthouse.org/bibliography.html Bibliography on Michigan and other lighthouses]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080102141429/http://www.michigan.org/travel/attractions/?m=2;9 A more comprehensive (and interactive with geographic locations) listing of Michigan lighthouses and museums, complete with pictures and descriptions]
  • [http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080520/SPECIAL01/80519001 Detroit News, interactive map on Michigan lighthouses]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080114191657/http://www.michigan.gov/documents/hal_mhc_shpo_lightmap_50933_7.pdf Map of Michigan Lighthouse] in PDF format
  • [http://clarke.cmich.edu/lighthouses/index.htm Wagner, John L. Beacons Shining in the Night, Michigan Lighthouse Bibliography, Chronology, History, Keepers Lives, and Photographs, Clarke Historical Library, Central, Michigan University]

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